Table 2-17:  Alcohol Involvement in Recreational Boating Accidents,,,,
,1999,,2000,
,Indiana,United States,Indiana,United States
Number of accidents, , ,,
     Total,12,633,12,696
Number of persons,,,,
     Killed,0,191,2,215
     Injured,10,476,8,542
NOTE: Alcohol involvement in a boating accident includes any accident in which alcoholic beverages are consumed in the boat and the investigating official has determined that the operator was impaired or affected while operating the boat.,,,,
"SOURCES: U.S. Department of Transportation, U.S. Coast Guard, Boating Statistics 2000, Washington, DC: 2001; U.S. Department of Transportation, U.S. Coast Guard, Boating Statistics 1999, Washington, DC: 2000, available at http://www.uscgboating.org/Saf/pdf/Boating_Statistics_2000.pdf and http://www.uscgboating.org/Saf/pdf/Boating_Statistics_1999.pdf as of Nov. 14, 2001.",,,,